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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:58:46 +0100
From: Michael J Williams <michael@williamsmj.screaming.net>
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From: Gerald Levy <glevy@pratt.edu>
To: <ope-l@galaxy.csuchico.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 1:34 PM
Subject: [OPE-L:1154] The Material World
>
> >From a materialist perspective, aren't *all* services 'material'?
Yes - that is what I intended. I agree with most of what Jerry says
>
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> Somehow the alleged dichotomy between "material" and "physical" itself
> strikes me as somewhat metaphysical ... or in the case of "physicalist"
> interpretations, somewhat "vulgar materialist".
But I do think there is a sustainable distinction to be made between
physical and material. As with 'abstractions' (and even assumptions) I do
not seek to eliminate metaphysics, but to
And I apologise for getting a bit stroppy.
Michael
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Dr Michael Williams
Economics and Social Sciences
De Montfort University
Milton Keynes
UK
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